英语词汇“chafe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

chafechafe /tʃeɪf/ verb

ETYMOLOGYchafe

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French chaufer to warm, from Latin calefacere, from calere to be warm + facere to make

VERB TABLE

chafe

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	chafe
	he, she, it	chafes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	chafed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have chafed
	he, she, it	has chafed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had chafed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will chafe
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have chafed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am chafing
	he, she, it	is chafing
	you, we, they	are chafing
Past	I, he, she, it	was chafing
	you, we, they	were chafing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been chafing
	he, she, it	has been chafing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been chafing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be chafing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been chafing

1[intransitive] to be or become impatient or annoyed: chafe at/under Smokers are chafing under the restrictions.2[intransitive, transitive] if a part of your body chafes or if something chafes it, it becomes sore because of something rubbing against it: The boots have a soft lining to prevent your toes from chafing.3[transitive] literary to rub part of your body to make it warm [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French chaufer to warm, from Latin calefacere, from calere to be warm + facere to make]